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HEATING APPARATUS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LODEAR BRINK, OF DUBUQUE, IOW'A.

HEATING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,185, dated August16, 1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN LODEAR BRINK, of Dubuque, in the county ofDubuque and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHeating Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to heating apparatus designed for the use of liquidor gaseous fuel and for the purpose of greater economy and convenience.

The crude and wasteful methods of heating are well known; and the objectof my invention is to use liquid or gaseous fuel which may be completelyconsumed, so that the products of combustion are reduced to carbonicacid ex clusively or almost exclusively and to extract the heat fromthis product, so that the wasted heat is reduced to a minimum.

The-invention is described and explained herein, and shown in theaccompanying drawing, which is a perspective view of my improved heater,certain parts being broken away to show the internal construction.

In the drawing, view B is a suitable base of any desired form resting onsuitably-attached legs and supporting an upright shell or casing, e,which is surmounted by a cap or cover, B, perforated for the escape ofheated air. The space within the shell is divided into two parts by atransverse partition, Z, extending from one side wall of the casing tothe opposite wall, and from one end wall thereof very nearly to theother.

Immediately below the partition Z is a chamber, d, open below but closedabove by the partition, and having vertical end walls a, one of whichextends downward from the'free edge of the partition I and is separatedfrom the corresponding end wall of the casing by a space, G, while theother is separated by a similar space, a, from the opposite end wall ofthe casing. The chamber (1 is traversed by a series of horizontal flues,00, whose ends are secured in suitable openings in theend walls of thechamber,sothatair1nay pass freely through the fines from the space a tothe space G, and thence upward to the space above the partition Z andout through the openings in the cap B. A pipe, A, whose upper end opensinto the space 0, supplies it with air, and a vapor- Serial No. 199,393.(No model.)

burner adapted to produce a series of flames, b, rests on the base Bimmediately below the open bottom of the chamber (1. A flue, k,

opens from the top of the chamber d, is bent into a series of coils inthe'space within the shell above the partition Z, and passes out throughthe rear wall of the casing. The outer end of this flue may be insertedin a chimney, or may open into the room in which the heater stands,since the products of combustion of the vapor-burner are so slight as tobe neither offensive nor injurious to health. The operation of thedevice is evident. The entire space within the chamber (1, as well asthe lines 00, lying therein, being highly heated by the flame b, the airpassing through the flues leaves them and enters the space G at a hightemperature. From the space G it passes upward over the pipe 70,extracting therefrom substantially all the heat of the products ofcombustion, and escapes through the openings in the cap B into the roomin which the heater stands.

I am aware that the forms of radiating surfaces shown and described inthis application are not broadly new. In fact, I have myself, in myPatent No. 343,219, issued June 8,1886, shown and described aheatradiating device having substantially the form of the chamber d,provided with flues m and air receiving and discharging spaces 0 G. Sofar as I know, however, the vapor-burning stove illustrated herein isthe first in which are embodied a suitable base, a vapor burnersupported thereby, an upright shell resting on the base and so formed asto permit the escape of heated air from its top, a chamber securedwithin the shell immediately above the vapor-burner and adapted toreceive the heated air and the products of combustion therefrom, a pipeopening from said chamber and adapted to carry away the products ofcombustion therefrom, and means for carrying fresh air through saidchamber into the space above it and thence discharging it into the roomin which the heater stands.-

A. structure such as I have shown and described, embodying substantiallythe elements IOO and exceedingly economical heater, and may bemoved fromroom to room of a house with very little trouble. It may be made asornamental as any other form of heater, and has all the advantages of amuch heavier and more expensive heater for burning solid fuel.

Having now described and explained my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A heater constructed substantially as shown and described andembodying a suitable base, a vapor-burner supported thereby, an uprightshell resting on the base and provided with openings for the escape ofheated air from its top, a chamber, open below, secured within saidshell immediately above said vapor-burner, a pipe opening from the topof said chamber and adapted to carry the products of combustiontherefrom, and means for admitting fresh air at one end of said chamber,passing it through the chamber, and thence into the space above the sameand dis charging it at the top of the shell.

2. A heater formed substantially as shown and described and embodying abase, 13, a vapor-burner supported thereby, an upright casin g, e,resting on the base and surmounted by a perforated cap, B, a chamber,11, open at the bottom, secured within the casing immediately above thevapor-burner and separated from the end wall of the casing by spaces 0G, a pipe, k, opening from the top of the chamber (1 and formed in aseries of coils in a space above the chamber and within the shell, aseries of horizontal fines, x, passing through the chamber (1 andopening into the spaces 0 G, and a pipe, A, adapted to admit freshair/to the space a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 40 to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. 7

JOHN LODEAR BRINK.

\Vitnesses: ALEX SIMPLoT,

FRANK H. WEIHE.

